Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A chicken for eating while it is still young.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person who is still young.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a young chicken having tender meat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chicken, Gallus gallus
noun
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: young person, youth, younker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: juvenile, juvenile person
Narrower terms: blade, hobbledehoy, puppy, pup, schoolchild, school-age child, pupil, slip
History
From spring + chicken. First appears c. 1765 in The Public Advertiser.
